CLAUDIA DARR 1923-2014

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She was born on Oct. 21, 1923, in Fresno, to the late Harry and Mabel (Lyons) Lockard.

She was preceded in death by her three siblings, Jack Lockard, Lucille (Lockard) Coble and George Lockard.

Claudia was a 1941 graduate of Fresno High School and then attended Bliss Business College in Columbus.

On Sept. 24, 1945, she married Kermit Richard Darr and they were blessed with 67 years of marriage until Kermit's passing this past July.

Kermit's career with Rockwell took them from Ohio to Kentucky, Canada and Michigan, until their retirement in 1982 to Winchester, Tenn. In addition to being a devoted fulltime mother to their children, Claudia loved gardening, quilting, playing piano, cheering for the University of Tennessee ladies basketball team and listening to the Bill Gaither Trio.

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